Martha S. Hearron

Martha Sommerfeld Hearron (April 4, 1943 – November 29, 2014) was an American biostatistician who worked for over 30 years at Upjohn, becoming the first professional woman and the first female manager there.[1]

Martha L. Sommerfeld was born in Highland Park, Illinois.[1] She was part of the entering class of 1964 at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro)[2][3] but graduated in 1964, with a bachelor's degree in chemistry, from the University of Michigan.[4] She completed her education with a master's degree in public health in 1966, specializing in biostatistics, at the University of Michigan.[5] She married Arthur E. Hearron Jr.,[1][6] and joined Upjohn, where she would work for another 32 years.[1] She helped establish the Pharmaceutical Subsection of the American Statistical Association in 1968 (now the Biopharmaceutical Section), and was its chair in 1976.[7]

In 1988, Hearron was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[8]

Hearron held a lifelong interest in the fine and performing arts,[6] and sang soprano in the annual production of Handel's Messiah as part of the University Choral Union at the University of Michigan while she was a student there.[9] As a parting gift from her estate, she funded an endowed chair in fine arts at Western Michigan University, in the names of her and her husband.[6]

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  2. Pine Needles, Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, 1961, p. 95
  3. 50th Reunion, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Class of 1964 (PDF), University of North Carolina at Greensboro, retrieved 2017-11-29
  4. Michiganensian, 1964, p. 207
  5. Michiganensian, 1966, p. 240
  6. "Marti Hearron's final gift to WMU establishes a fine arts professorship", WMU News, Western Michigan University, retrieved 2017-11-29
  7. History, Biopharmaceutical Section of the American Statistical Association, retrieved 2017-11-29
  8. ASA Fellows list, American Statistical Association, archived from the original on 2017-12-01, retrieved 2017-11-29
  9. Messiah (program) (PDF), University Musical Society of the University of Michigan, December 3, 1965, retrieved 2017-11-29
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